“...the real junk food is what Frank Lloyd Wright called light entertainment - bubblegum for the eye ...”

“...we have entertained ourselves with the pornography of violence and inflamed passions that might otherwise have slumbered...”

“...the furnace of affliction comes from doing what seems right in our own eyes...”

“...you want the sweetness of our beginning without the bitterness of our struggle - what are you asking - do you want light without shadow? ...”

“...when you enter a room, my wound opens, but there is light, always light, when you come in...”

“...the monk beat me to break my spirit, incensed I knew Acquinas - angry, I knew his riddle - beauty is what is pleasing to the eye - he wasn't...”

“...I lost my illusions in a black rain of bitterness - now what do you see in my eyes? How can you still love me? How can I be tender? ...”